Texas AG Abbott Hosts VA Republican Known As “Taliban Bob”

Courtesy Austin Political Report  Wed, 06/04/2008 - 2:56pm

We couldn’t make this stuff up…

Texas Attorney General Gregg Abbott today played host to his Virginia counterpart, Bob McDonnell, during a fundraising reception at the Austin Club, where the two dragged the sack for McDonnell’s long-shot gubernatorial bid.

Lobbyists around town had been receiving phone calls from Abbott’s 20-something chief of staff in recent days, wondering why they were being encouraged to write corporate checks, a no-no in Texas but perfectly legal in the Commonwealth.

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